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MDSO: 3 men stabbed at Westchester home

Read full article: MDSO: 3 men stabbed at Westchester home

Three men were rushed to a hospital early Thursday morning after they were stabbed inside a home in Westchester, the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office confirmed.

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Cops arrest woman accused of joining in rape of drugged teen in Westchester

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A little more than three months after Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a man who they say drugged and raped a 16-year-old girl, a previously-unidentified woman has now been cuffed on a child rape charge.

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Videos show brazen serial thief wanted for stealing mail in Miami-Dade

Read full article: Videos show brazen serial thief wanted for stealing mail in Miami-Dade

Surveillance video shows a brazen serial thief who has been stealing from mailboxes at houses in Miami-Dade County’s Westchester neighborhood.

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Deputies respond to Miami-Dade private school after false alarm

Read full article: Deputies respond to Miami-Dade private school after false alarm

There was a false alarm at a private school that caused some parents to panic on Tuesday morning after a report of an intruder in Miami-Dade County.

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Miami-Dade youth fair opens with over 80 rides, more than 150 food stands

Read full article: Miami-Dade youth fair opens with over 80 rides, more than 150 food stands

The Miami-Dade County Fair opened its more than 80 rides and more than 150 food stands on Thursday afternoon at Tamiami Park with a “Retro Rewind” theme.

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Troopers investigate crash killing 2 along Bird Road

Read full article: Troopers investigate crash killing 2 along Bird Road

Two people were killed Tuesday night in a crash along Bird Road in the Westchester area of southwest Miami-Dade, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

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Miami-Dade deputies: Woman flees after running over man, 90, in clinic’s parking lot

Read full article: Miami-Dade deputies: Woman flees after running over man, 90, in clinic’s parking lot

A 78-year-old woman recently told detectives that she was not involved in a hit-and-run crash, but they had enough evidence to show otherwise, records show.

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Miami-Dade man accused of sharing child sex abuse videos on Kik messenger

Read full article: Miami-Dade man accused of sharing child sex abuse videos on Kik messenger

A man who lives in the Westchester area of southwest Miami-Dade used a messaging app to share videos of young girls — one of whom appeared to be under 3 — being raped or otherwise sexually abused, deputies said.

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Frankie’s Pizza in Westchester is turning 70

Read full article: Frankie’s Pizza in Westchester is turning 70

There’s a South Florida restaurant that many of us have been lucky enough to enjoy for decades. This year, the Bird Road staple, with its crunchy, cheesy squares, is turning 70.

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Man, 40, accused of raping teen after giving her drugs at his Westchester home

Read full article: Man, 40, accused of raping teen after giving her drugs at his Westchester home

A man and “an unknown female” sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl at a home in southwest Miami-Dade’s Westchester area in October after they gave her drugs, authorities said. Deputies arrested one of the suspects on a child rape charge Friday.

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Do you need a Santa Claus with a guayabera or a pink Miami soccer uniform? Here is where to find it

Read full article: Do you need a Santa Claus with a guayabera or a pink Miami soccer uniform? Here is where to find it

Santa Claus now comes in a pink Miami soccer uniform, holding a six-pointed starred “piñata” and a “maraca,” or wearing a white “Guayabera” with a Cuban cigar in its pocket.

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Miami-Dade man accused of planning to sexually abuse a child in Broward, records show

Read full article: Miami-Dade man accused of planning to sexually abuse a child in Broward, records show

A 70-year-old man who lives in Miami-Dade County’s Westchester neighborhood stands accused of preying on a child in Broward County.

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Christmas Wonderland returns to Tropical Park

Read full article: Christmas Wonderland returns to Tropical Park

Christmas is right around the corner and Christmas Wonderland at Tropical Park will open for the season this week.

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Cafeteria monitor removed from Coral Park Elementary amid abuse allegations against students

Read full article: Cafeteria monitor removed from Coral Park Elementary amid abuse allegations against students

Miami-Dade County Public Schools confirmed Friday that an employee at Coral Park Elementary School has been removed from the site pending the outcome of an ongoing investigation into allegations of verbal and emotional abuse of students during lunchtime.

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Vote 2024: Miami-Dade will elect sheriff for first time in decades

Read full article: Vote 2024: Miami-Dade will elect sheriff for first time in decades

More than a dozen candidates, most of whom are Republicans, are vying to become Miami-Dade County’s first elected sheriff in six decades.

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Doctor accused of Westchester parking lot hit-and-run injuring 2

Read full article: Doctor accused of Westchester parking lot hit-and-run injuring 2

Police arrested a Coral Springs doctor on Monday for fleeing the scene of a crash in the parking lot of a Chase Bank in Miami-Dade’s Westchester area, authorities said.

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Watch as Panthers fans celebrate Stanley Cup victory outside Amerant Bank Arena

Read full article: Watch as Panthers fans celebrate Stanley Cup victory outside Amerant Bank Arena

Florida Panthers fans watching from outside Amerant Bank Arena were nervous all night as the team played Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals against the Edmonton Oilers.

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Fatal crashes cause weekend temporary Turnpike closures in southwestern Miami-Dade

Read full article: Fatal crashes cause weekend temporary Turnpike closures in southwestern Miami-Dade

Two fatal crashes prompted southbound closures on the Florida Turnpike on Saturday night and early Sunday morning in Miami-Dade County. Florida Highway Patrol troopers and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel responded.

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‘Everybody pays women’: South Florida Trump supporters decry conviction

Read full article: ‘Everybody pays women’: South Florida Trump supporters decry conviction

Supporters of former President Donald Trump gathered in South Florida Thursday following his conviction on 34 felony charges in his hush money case in New York state court.

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Westchester clinic owner, others accused of insurance fraud scheme after ‘undercover operation’

Read full article: Westchester clinic owner, others accused of insurance fraud scheme after ‘undercover operation’

The owner of a physical therapy clinic in southwest Miami-Dade’s Westchester area and five others are facing a series of felony charges in what authorities are describing as a staged crash insurance fraud scheme. It came as part of an “undercover operation” by state authorities.

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Police officers arrest nurse at hospital in Miami-Dade

Read full article: Police officers arrest nurse at hospital in Miami-Dade

A 25-year-old woman appeared in court on Tuesday after police officers arrested her while she worked as a nurse at a hospital in Miami-Dade County.

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Miami-Dade Public Schools earn top marks for student achievement

Read full article: Miami-Dade Public Schools earn top marks for student achievement

Six Miami-Dade Public Schools are topping a list for exceptional student achievements in several categories across the state of Florida.

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Cops arrest Miami-Dade man with ‘F--- the police’ tattoo on 11 felonies

Read full article: Cops arrest Miami-Dade man with ‘F--- the police’ tattoo on 11 felonies

Nicolas D. Vega is apparently no fan of law enforcement. The west Miami-Dade man has a chest tattoo proclaiming “F--- the police,” officers noted in an arrest report after cuffing him on nearly a dozen felony charges Sunday.

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Crash closes Coral Way in Miami-Dade’s Westchester area

Read full article: Crash closes Coral Way in Miami-Dade’s Westchester area

A crash shut down Coral Way on Monday morning in Miami-Dade County’s Westchester area.

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Man critical after argument leads to shooting in Westchester, Miami-Dade police say

Read full article: Man critical after argument leads to shooting in Westchester, Miami-Dade police say

Police took a suspect into custody after they said he shot and critically wounded a man in southwest Miami-Dade’s Westchester area Saturday afternoon.

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Man accused of ‘touching himself’ at neighbor’s Westchester home

Read full article: Man accused of ‘touching himself’ at neighbor’s Westchester home

Miami-Dade police arrested a man Friday after accusing of him of touching himself in front of his next-door neighbor’s home, then returning hours later to throw a brick at the window.

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New Holiday experience set to open at Tropical Park tonight

Read full article: New Holiday experience set to open at Tropical Park tonight

Christmas is back at Tropical Park. A new Holiday experience is set to open its doors on Friday.

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New Holiday experience set to open at Tropical Park next month

Read full article: New Holiday experience set to open at Tropical Park next month

If you’ve driven past Tropical Park in Westchester on the Palmetto Expressway during the Holidays over the last few years you may have missed the Christmas lights, but a new Holiday experience is bringing Christmas back for 2023.

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Judge admonishes Columbus High senior facing 23 counts over fake IDs

Read full article: Judge admonishes Columbus High senior facing 23 counts over fake IDs

A high school student who is set to graduate in three weeks and has plans to become an attorney appeared before Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Mindy S. Glazer on Tuesday morning.

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Funnel cloud spotted over Coral Springs

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A funnel cloud was spotted over Coral Springs on Saturday evening.

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WATCH LIVE: DeSantis to sign school voucher bill into law in Miami-Dade

Read full article: WATCH LIVE: DeSantis to sign school voucher bill into law in Miami-Dade

Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to hold a news conference at a Miami-Dade private school Monday, where he’s expected to sign a bill into law expanding school vouchers in Florida.

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2 injured, airlifted after two-vehicle crash in West Kendall

Read full article: 2 injured, airlifted after two-vehicle crash in West Kendall

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to a crash that left two injured in Westchester on Saturday afternoon.

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Police: Detectives bust illegal nightclub, drug operation out of Westchester restaurant

Read full article: Police: Detectives bust illegal nightclub, drug operation out of Westchester restaurant

Miami-Dade police arrested 11 people they say were involved in running an illegal nightclub and selling drugs out of a restaurant in the county’s Westchester neighborhood.

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Veterinarian uses radioactive agent to help Miami police K-9

Read full article: Veterinarian uses radioactive agent to help Miami police K-9

Breacher, a Miami Police Department K-9, fractured his elbow while on duty and he has been suffering from painful arthritis because of that injury.

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Family of innocent teen killed at party now homeless after fire consumes Westchester house

Read full article: Family of innocent teen killed at party now homeless after fire consumes Westchester house

A South Florida Family that has endured unthinkable heartbreak in recent years following the murder of a teenage son and grandson has now lost everything in a house fire.

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Two South Florida restaurants will serve up free tacos today

Read full article: Two South Florida restaurants will serve up free tacos today

Two popular South Florida Mexican restaurants will be serving up free tacos on Tuesday.

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Detectives ask for help with finding Westchester woman

Read full article: Detectives ask for help with finding Westchester woman

Detectives are asking the public for help with finding a 69-year-old woman they consider to be in danger.

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A South Florida woman brings her community together with a book about her childhood neighborhood

Read full article: A South Florida woman brings her community together with a book about her childhood neighborhood

A local author brings her community together with a book about her childhood neighborhood.

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Newly released video shows when man breaks into home to shoot neighbor in Westchester

Read full article: Newly released video shows when man breaks into home to shoot neighbor in Westchester

The surveillance video shows a man using a sledgehammer to break down the door, walked inside, and another man who was armed with a baseball bat followed. Detectives identified the gunman as Julio Perez and the victim as Robert Muina.

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Police: Neighbor breaks down door, shoots man in Westchester

Read full article: Police: Neighbor breaks down door, shoots man in Westchester

A dispute between two neighbors in Miami-Dade’s Westchester neighborhood led to one man being shot in the upper body, authorities said.

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Goodbye Tropical park, Santa’s Enchanted Forest is moving

Read full article: Goodbye Tropical park, Santa’s Enchanted Forest is moving

Santa’s Enchanted Forest has found a new home for the 2021 holiday season, in Hialeah.

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Man kills woman, fatally shoots himself in Miami-Dade, police say

Read full article: Man kills woman, fatally shoots himself in Miami-Dade, police say

Detectives are investigating a fatal case of domestic violence Friday night in Miami-Dade County’s Coral Terrace neighborhood.

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FHP troopers clear SOS Cuba protests in Palmetto Expressway, Okeechobee Road

Read full article: FHP troopers clear SOS Cuba protests in Palmetto Expressway, Okeechobee Road

The Palmetto Expressway is closed in both directions between Coral Way and Southwest 8th Street as a group of protesters has taken to the streets in solidarity with the people of Cuba.

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For 3rd night, Little Havana drivers honk to join ‘SOS Cuba’ protest outside Versailles

Read full article: For 3rd night, Little Havana drivers honk to join ‘SOS Cuba’ protest outside Versailles

Cuba’s key allies are Russia and China. Cuban exiles in Miami warned the internet blackouts and arbitrary arrests that Cubans are reporting on the island are straight out of their authoritarian handbook.

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Cuban Americans in Miami warn China-Russia intervention could cause ‘bloodbath’ in Cuba

Read full article: Cuban Americans in Miami warn China-Russia intervention could cause ‘bloodbath’ in Cuba

Cuba’s key allies are Russia and China. Cuban exiles in Miami warned the internet blackouts and arbitrary arrests that Cubans are reporting on the island are straight out of their authoritarian handbook.

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Police investigate after home shot up in Miami-Dade County

Read full article: Police investigate after home shot up in Miami-Dade County

No injuries were reported after a home was shot up Friday morning in Miami-Dade County, authorities confirmed.

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Video shows carjackers steal 2 luxury cars from Westchester residence

Read full article: Video shows carjackers steal 2 luxury cars from Westchester residence

Surveillance video shows two carjackers broke into two of Jorge Zubigaray’s Mercedes Benz cars early Thursday morning in Miami-Dade County’s Westchester neighborhood. They rammed the cars into his gate and drove away.

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Break-in suspect shot dead by off-duty Miami cop, police say

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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A man suspected of trying to break into a Miami-Dade house was shot dead Monday afternoon by an off-duty City of Miami police officer, authorities say. The boy called his mother, who then called the boy’s father, a City of Miami police officer. “Her son called her that somebody was trying to break in,” said Christina Carmenate, a cousin of the homeowner. And five minutes later I see a lot of police cars, coming and coming and coming,” said neighbor Raul Artiles. His 13-year-old child was inside the house,” Miami FOP Vice President Mathew Reyes said.

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Trump supporters in Miami-Dade say reelection is being stolen from him

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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – For Cuban-American families who live in Westchester and Tamiami, La Carreta in southwest Miami-Dade County is the place to go for Cuban food and political outrage. They believed President Donald Trump when he said he had lost faith in the electoral process and the reelection had been stolen from him. Some supporters of President Donald Trump in Miami-Dade County were starting to meet on Thursday afternoon outside of La Carreta near Westchester. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 5, 2020Omar Barral is one of the many Trump supporters who were standing outside of La Carreta on Thursday night. Election officials reported Trump won 48.9% of the vote in Wisconsin and Biden won 49.6% of the vote there.

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Candidates in important South Florida congressional race say they are ‘optimistic’ for win

Read full article: Candidates in important South Florida congressional race say they are ‘optimistic’ for win

WESTCHESTER, Fla. – Democrat incumbent for Florida Congressional District 26, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell went to a polling site in Westchester Thursday for a big Republican endorsement. Mucarsel-Powell is finishing a strong first term in Congress, where she fought for Everglades restoration, gun control, immigration reform and affordable health care. “I feel optimistic, but cautiously optimistic, but you never know. Gimenez feels that the race is still a dead heat and he is also optimistic. Florida’s 26th Congressional District runs from Kendall to Key West.

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Social distancing dispute turns into fatal shooting at Walmart in Miami-Dade’s Westchester

Read full article: Social distancing dispute turns into fatal shooting at Walmart in Miami-Dade’s Westchester

WESTCHESTER, Fla. – Magaly Gonzalez was working at Walmart in Miami-Dade County’s Westchester neighborhood when the store turned into a crime scene. Yvette Nyland said she was inside the store waiting in line to pay when the shooting happened. She begged store employees to let her back inside the store to help the shooting victim. Nyland and Miami-Dade police officers who arrived moments later both performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation before Brown was pronounced dead. The shooter remained on the scene, but officers had yet to identify the suspect on Monday.

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SW Miami-Dade Walmart shooting may have been over social-distancing, witnesses say

Read full article: SW Miami-Dade Walmart shooting may have been over social-distancing, witnesses say

SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, Fla. – Homicide detectives are still working on trying to find out what led up to a fatal shooting inside a Walmart in the Westchester area of Southwest Miami-Dade. But witnesses and customers are telling Local 10 that it may have been the result of a disagreement over COVID-19 guidelines and restrictions inside the store. “There is a possibility that it was about distancing," one witness told Local 10. Anna Grant, a witness inside the store, said. Our hearts go out to those close to the victim and those affected by the events of this morning.”

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Heat playoff celebrations are different this year. Show us your photos.

Read full article: Heat playoff celebrations are different this year. Show us your photos.

MIAMI – The last time the Miami Heat made it to the NBA Finals, eager crowds with pots and pans and homemade signs gathered in the streets near downtown Miami, Westchester, and Hialeah. Some fans have said they plan to stay at home with family and bang their cookware in the privacy of their own house. Brian Nunez, a Heat fan originally from New York, said he knows sports bars and parties are out of the question. “Exclusive VIP,” he joked, “because the Miami Heat is the best team right now.”Miami Heat fans prepare to celebrate on FridayHow will you be celebrating the Heat’s victory against the Celtics? Send us your Miami Heat fan pictures at Share@Local10.com.

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Bowling alley ready to get back in the game after being closed for months

Read full article: Bowling alley ready to get back in the game after being closed for months

WESTCHESTER, Fla. – It’s been six months since COVID-19 forced Bird Bowl bowling center in the Westchester neighborhood of Miami to temporarily shut down. Susan Coile, the program director at Bird Bowl, said the shutdown was devasting. But now, the 66-year-old business is preparing to welcome customers again as part of the phase 2 reopening in Miami-Dade County. Along with bowling alleys, movie theaters, concert and playhouses, auditoriums, arcades, casinos and other indoor amusement facilities are now allowed to reopen in Miami-Dade County at 50 percent capacity while following new normal guidelines. These are the businesses that were allowed to open on Sept. 18 as Miami-Dade County headed into Phase 2.

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Turnpike crash in Miami-Dade leaves 1 injured

Read full article: Turnpike crash in Miami-Dade leaves 1 injured

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – One person suffered a spinal cord injury on Thursday night after a crash on the Florida Turnpike in Miami-Dade County. Florida Highway Patrol troopers temporarily closed the Turnpike’s southbound lanes at Bird Road. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel responded. For the latest traffic updates, view the Local10.com interactive map.

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Coronavirus field hospital at Tamiami Park is ready for 250+ patients

Read full article: Coronavirus field hospital at Tamiami Park is ready for 250+ patients

MIAMI – Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition tents went up just in time for the coronavirus pandemic. A tent that was once designed for livestock was turned into the temporary kitchen for a 252-bed field hospital at Tamiami Park. The field hospital will not be open to the public. Only out-of-capacity hospitals will be able to refer the patient to the field hospital. Rep. Anthony Rodriguez said Emergency Disaster Services, a company based in Kentucky, is under contract to build and run the field hospital.

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Crews work overnight to fix water main break in Miami-Dade’s Westchester area

Read full article: Crews work overnight to fix water main break in Miami-Dade’s Westchester area

A water main break along Bird Road between 87th and 89th avenues created traffic headaches for Tuesday drivers in Miami-Dade County’s Westchester area. A water main break flooded an area of Bird Road on Tuesday afternoon. (SKY 10)The 12-inch water main broke around 4 p.m. sending water gushing into the street and into a parking lot of a neighboring shopping center. A portion of the water main was isolated so that workres could excavate the pipe. A spokesperson with Miami Dade Water and Sewer told Local 10 that the break was not caused by construction, but was a “natural” break.

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Suspects accused of breaking into vehicles in Westchester neighborhood

Read full article: Suspects accused of breaking into vehicles in Westchester neighborhood

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Police have arrested four suspects accused of breaking into vehicles in a Westchester neighborhood early Thursday. Miami-Dade police said Kevin Aleman, 19, Josten Medina, 20, Randy Mejia, 19, and Michael Rucker, 18, each face charges of burglary and grand theft. Alerted by his security camera system, a Westchester man could see one of the suspects breaking into one of his vehicles. The suspects crashed their getaway car into a white Mercedes-Benz parked outside a home near Southwest 87th Avenue and Southwest 32nd Street. He said his wife usually takes the dog outside at about the time the suspects were snooping around his yard.

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